When it comes to muzzleloading, we are all looking for ways to make this primitive means of hunting more modern and convenient. One great convenience muzzleloaders use is pre-formed powder pellets. As opposed to pouring traditional powder, pre-formed charges are easier to carry into the field and are less bulky for the hunt. Alliant Powder is looking to get into this portion of the market with their new “Blue MZ” pellets.

Vista Outdoors, who is the parent company of Alliant Powder, had this to say:

Blue MZ provides outstanding accuracy with a wide range of popular bullets, and its formulation allows for fast, easy cleaning with water-based solvents. Muzzleloader hunters need propellant that ignites reliably and burns consistently, even in extreme weather conditions. Blue MZ delivers on this tall order. The pellets produce higher velocities than competing pellets at safe pressures, and ignite reliably with 209 shotshell primers.

Pellets are definitely the way of the future for muzzleloaders. You may not be able to hand tailor loads to your muzzleloader with pellets like you can when you pour your own powder, but the ease of use is unmatched. Alliant’s Blue MZ muzzleloading pellets seek to be the best with specs like these:

• 48-pack of 50-grain equivalent pellets
• Highest velocities at safe pressures
• Provides outstanding accuracy with a wide range of projectiles
• Great ignition characteristics with 209 shotshell primers
• Clean-burning formulation eases cleaning with water-based solvents

Until people begin to use the new Blue MZ pellets and send some rounds down range we will not know what their performance is truly like. Understanding that it is coming from Alliant powder which is very reputable, I am sure their claims are not far-fetched on being a great performing powder.

To see the official press release for the new Alliant Blue MZ pellets, click HERE.